Egyptian civil organizations began to take serious steps towards monitoring and following up the parliamentary elections, as civil society organizations and associations carried out actual and field monitoring operations, and Arab News monitors the recent preparations of organizations and associations on the ground.

"Maat"

Ayman Aqil, president of the Maat Foundation for Development, Peace and Human Rights, confirmed that the foundation had obtained more than 7,000 permits from the Supreme Elections Committee, but that it would actually be monitored by 2015 observers only, due to the lack of financial support.

In his private statements to “Arab News”, he added that the institution has actually started monitoring operations of the electoral process by monitoring the political environment and the general climate affecting the electoral process, indicating that they have begun to coordinate governorate observers and obtain permits to start actual monitoring each within his constituency.

The Egyptian Coalition

Ahmed Nasr, head of the Egyptian Coalition for Election Observation, confirmed that the coalition has actually started field monitoring operations and has monitored a much diminishing crowd in front of the courts by potential candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, as the scene differed greatly from the first and second day, so the situation is now completely calm.

He added in a special statement to “Arab News”, that the total of those who have submitted their papers so far are 3770 candidates, including 156 women, indicating that there is a great discrepancy between the first day of the opening of candidacy and the other days. On the first day 2745 candidates applied while the fourth day 57 submitted. Only candidates, reflecting the large discrepancy between the first day and the next.

Partners for Transparency

Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director of Partners for Transparency, confirmed that the Foundation will organize a training workshop immediately after Eid Al-Adha for members of the committees that will be formed in five departments, to train the coordinators and observers of the foundation on the electoral spending process.

He added, in a special statement to “Arab News,” that the institution is currently preparing monitoring tools, including the candidate’s electoral funding and spending evaluation form, in addition to preparing the initial reports immediately after the candidacy closes.

"Egyptian for the advancement"

Magdy Abdel Hamid, President of the Egyptian Association for the Advancement of Social Participation, confirmed that the organization is currently following up on the submission of papers of potential candidates, in addition to monitoring the general political climate surrounding the electoral process, and equipping the organization’s observers by holding continuous workshops to train them to monitor the electoral process.

He added, in a special statement to “Al Arabiya News,” that the Egyptian Association for the Advancement will monitor the electoral process with 469 observers, who have obtained permits from the Supreme Elections Committee.

Egyptian Training

Dr. Hazem Mounir, President of the Egyptian Foundation for Training and Human Rights, confirmed that the monitoring processes that we will carry out include monitoring the electoral process since the opening of the door for candidacy, monitoring the election campaign of candidates, monitoring the voting processes from inside and outside the committees, ending with the counting and announcing the results processes, and we will also submit reports Adequate for the entire electoral process.

He added in a special statement to “Arab News” that the institution is currently monitoring the general political atmosphere in which the elections are held, and following up on the alliances or divisions on the political scene between political parties, as well as alliances and joining of the various lists.

The Arab Foundation

Sherif Hilali, Executive Director of the Arab Foundation for Supporting Civil Society and Human Rights, confirmed that the Arab Foundation is awaiting the release of the cards for monitoring operations and it is expected to obtain them tomorrow, so that we can start the field visit to actually monitor the electoral process in all its stages.

He added in a special statement to “Arab News” that the Arab Foundation is now following the general political climate in which the elections will be held, indicating that the Foundation will monitor the elections in all its stages through 100 observers distributed in 8 governorates and the main operations room in Cairo.

"Dialogue Forum"

Saeed Abdel-Hafez, Director of the Dialogue Forum for Development and Human Rights, affirmed that the criterion in monitoring elections is the free and fair standards issued by the United Nations, which governs our work in monitoring elections.

He added in a special statement to “Arab News” that monitoring is carried out through an operations room with 22 observers, including 10 media researchers for media monitoring, listening and analysis of media outlets, and 10 other observers to manage the field monitoring process in the targeted governorates, in addition to the director of the operations room, and the main researcher who It analyzes the information received from the delegates in the provinces.

The director of the forum indicated that the monitoring process began with the opening of the door for candidacy, through the processes of advertising, voting and sorting, and ending with the announcement of the results.